Christine McVie of Fleetwood Mac

Christine Anne (Perfect) McVie was born to Cyril Percy Absell Perfect, a concert violinist and Music lecturer, and Beatrice Edith Maud Reece, a medium, psychic, and faith healer. She had an older brother, John. In 1968, Chris Perfect married John McVie, a bass player in Fleetwood Mac, a band that had been formed in 1967. In 1970, the band lost a member and Mick Fleetwood invited Chris to fill in. She stayed with Fleetwood Mac and their 1975 album broke through to commercial success, eventually landing on top of the Billboard list. Then came "Rumours", full of lyrics that highlighted the drama within the band between Chris, her husband, and bandmates Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham. John and Chris divorced in 1976. She then married Eduardo Quintela, a Portuguese keyboardist and songwriter, in 1986. They divorced in 2003. Quintela died in 2020. The band's success never hit the heights of "Rumours" but they continued to have success into the 1990s. By 1998, however, Christine had discovered a fear of flying so she returned home to England - from the band base in Los Angeles - and retired to the English countryside. Sporadic returns to music continued through the next decade: She wrote songs and did some recording, collaborating once again with bandmate Buckingham and other musicians. To read more about her career and Fleetwod Mac, see Fleetwood Mac singer-songwriter Christine McVie dies at 79.